Licensed contractors in Jacksonville
Jacksonville has a listing page for pool resurfacing and plumbing. Each page lists the businesses with a ZIP code inside the city whose listed license is active in the DBPR file dated October 19, 20261. Re-check any license on DBPR before you hire.
As of October 19, 2026
Last reviewed October 18, 2026 against the cited sources. A guide, not legal, tax or engineering advice.
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Listing pages for Jacksonville
As of October 19, 2026
These pages cover Jacksonville, in Duval County.
About Jacksonville
Jacksonville is in Duval County.
1,009,833 people2 live in Jacksonville, by the Census Bureau's 2024 estimate.
Pool notes on file for Jacksonville
As of October 18, 2026
Pool notes on file for Jacksonville cover permits, watering and pool water rules, tap water and housing, each with its source. The pool resurfacing page shows them beside the license list.
Permits are handled by the Building Inspection Division (Public Works)3. A permit item the source calls out: Safety affirmation required with pool permit package4. From the cited permit material: Separate building permit per pool; NOC over $5,0005.
For lawn watering, the cited source gives: Phase III; 1 day/week; no irrigation 8 a.m.-6 p.m.6. On keeping pool water topped up, the cited source says: Minimize pool make-up water; aesthetic uses prohibited6.
Utility note: JEA; Floridan aquifer wells7. Tap water hardness in the cited report averages 120-341 ppm by ZIP code (JEA table)8.
Median year built for homes here: 19879. In Jacksonville, detached houses make up 59.2 percent of housing units9.
Jacksonville: facts behind the pool notes
As of October 18, 2026
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The City of Jacksonville Building Inspection Division, part of the Department of Public Works, handles building permits, including residential permits. Online submission is required for all permit types. | Building Inspection Division (Public Works) | [3] undated (retrieved October 18, 2026) |
| The city's Private Swimming Pool Safety Affirmation says the pool must be isolated by a barrier that meets Florida Statute 515 and the 8th Edition (2023) Florida Building Code, Residential R4501.7. It is uploaded as part of the pool permit package. | Safety affirmation required with pool permit package | [4] June 2, 2026 |
| The city's one- and two-family pool checklist says each inground pool or spa needs its own building permit, submitted through JaxEPICS. A Notice of Commencement is required if the total job cost is more than $5,000. | Separate building permit per pool; NOC over $5,000 | [5] April 16, 2026 |
| A Phase III Extreme Water Shortage covers all of Duval County. It took effect when the order was rendered on May 11, 2026. Residential landscape irrigation is limited to one day a week (odd addresses Saturday, even addresses Sunday) and is banned from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Phase III; 1 day/week; no irrigation 8 a.m.-6 p.m. | [6] May 11, 2026 |
| The district's Phase III order says pools should be kept in a way that limits the need for make-up water, such as by fixing leaks promptly. It also bans aesthetic uses of water. | Minimize pool make-up water; aesthetic uses prohibited | [6] May 11, 2026 |
| JEA is the drinking-water utility for Jacksonville. Its 2025 Water Quality Report says its wells draw from the Floridan aquifer and that hardness for each JEA zip code is in a table at jea.com/hardness. | JEA; Floridan aquifer wells | [7] 2025 |
| JEA's water hardness table lists 120 to 341 ppm (7 to 20 grains per gallon) across the 31 Jacksonville ZIP codes it covers, from 32234 at the low end to 32216 at the high end. JEA classes 120 to 180 ppm as hard and above 180 as very hard, and 28 of the 31 ZIP codes fall in very hard. | 120-341 ppm by ZIP code (JEA table) | [8] undated (retrieved October 18, 2026) |
| The median year homes in Jacksonville, FL were built is 1987 (ACS 2020-2024, B25035). | 1987 | [9] 2020-2024 |
| About 59.2% of housing units in Jacksonville, FL are detached single-family houses (ACS 2020-2024, B25024: 254,913 of 430,825 units). | 59.2 percent of housing units | [9] 2020-2024 |
Services with a listing page in Jacksonville
County page and license guides
Jacksonville: directory data
As of October 19, 2026
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Pool resurfacing: businesses listed with a ZIP code inside JacksonvilleOur count from the DBPR file, not an official DBPR figure. | 63 businesses | [1] October 19, 2026 |
| Plumbing: businesses listed with a ZIP code inside JacksonvilleOur count from the DBPR file, not an official DBPR figure. | 200 businesses | [1] October 19, 2026 |
| Population of Jacksonville (2024 estimate) | 1,009,833 people | [2] 2024 (estimate vintage) |
Near Jacksonville
Also close by: Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace (11 mi), Orange Park (12 mi), Nassau Village-Ratliff (15 mi), Lakeside (15 mi), Oakleaf Plantation (15 mi), Atlantic Beach (16 mi).
Straight-line distances in miles from Census Gazetteer centroids. Our arithmetic.
Sources
- Florida DBPR licensee records, October 19, 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 2024 (estimate vintage)
- City of Jacksonville Building Inspection Division, undated (retrieved October 18, 2026)
- Private Swimming Pool Safety Affirmation (revised 6/2/2026), June 2, 2026
- Swimming Pool/SPA - 1 & 2 Family Checklist (revised 4/16/2026), April 16, 2026
- St. Johns River Water Management District Order Declaring a Phase III Extreme Water Shortage (F.O.R. No. 2026-0005), May 11, 2026
- JEA 2025 Water Quality Report, 2025
- JEA: Water Hardness Levels By Zip Code, undated (retrieved October 18, 2026)
- U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates via Census Reporter: Jacksonville, FL, 2020-2024